Paraíso Canton

Paraíso is the name of the second canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica.[1] The canton covers an area of 411.91 square kilometres (159.04 sq mi),[2] and has a population of 55,923 (estimate as of 2003).[3] The capital city of the canton is also called Paraíso.

Paraíso is an elongated canton that stretches southeast from its capital city to encompass a swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range).

Districts

The canton of Paraíso is subdivided into five districts (distritos)[1]

  1. Paraíso
  2. Santiago
  3. Orosi
  4. Cachí
  5. Llanos de Santa Lucía

History

Paraíso was first mentioned as a canton in a decree dated December 7, 1848.

References

  1. ^ a b "División Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (in Spanish) (PDF). Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (IFAM). 5 May 2009. http://www.ifam.go.cr/PaginaIFAM/ifams/Descargas/CDI/Legal/Divisi%C3%B3n%20Territorial%20CR%20%20Publicado%20en%20La%20Gaceta%2026%20mayo%202009.pdf. 
  2. ^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
  3. ^ Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.

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